Game Recruitment: Old World of Darkness
Ah, World of Darkness. The dual edge sword of game settings. If you think going from revised third edition to fourth in Dungeons & Dragons sucks, you should of been there when White Wolf told their...
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Ogre Profiles: Gayle
We return with yet another Ogre Profile this Saturday just for your enjoyment. Continuing what started two weeks ago with Hooper's profile (also, that has been updated for better quality and the second...
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Review: The Book of Dumb Tables
I had the luxury of getting a copy of Hex Games' "The Book of Dumb Tables" pdf over the weekend from their online store (yes we mention this semi-local small-press rpg publisher a lot, but we do not...
View ArticleOld Habits Die Hard
Over at TheEscapist.com - a wonderful Gaming Advocacy website, they've found out that a County Sheriff website has up in their online archive a bit of false and incorrectly stated comments about RPGs....
View ArticleNew Videos
Our original e-lair over on youtube has a whole mess of new videos meant to induce laughter or cries of "nerd" from the faithful. You'll note we did not post a Tuesday Truths yesterday, mostly because...
View ArticleExciting Day
Today is a wonderful and exciting day to be a member of our chapter of O.G.R.E.s. In a few short hours, members of our chapter and a few other nearby chapters will hold the very first meeting of the...
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Meet the Board
In lieu of Jake's profile yesterday, we've decided to postpone his spotlight until next Saturday so we can devote more writing to all of the wonderful things that happened at yesterdays Incorporation...
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Tuesday Truths: Lifting the Geek Veil
What most think of when they hear Geek: In previous editions of Tuesday Truths, we talked about serious problems affecting the gaming community. What we discuss today isn't a serious one, but one that...
View ArticleOgre Profiles: Lacey
Our Saturday profiles are back, and we decided to throw a curveball and spotlight someone other than the person we said we we're going to spotlight today. Take that precognition! Today, we highlight...
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M-Force Cometh
Coming this Christmas:Hi. I'm Michael McMillian with McMillian & Murphy Law Center, the "Personal Injury Law Firm."* You may know me from my Atlanta commercials. Anyways, I've recently returned...
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Happy Holidays
The Ogres have been quiet lately (you can blame a b-horror film quality beast made from the ashes of the holiday season mixed with a change of chapter webmaster). We shall be returning shortly with...
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The Obligatory Top Five List
As you've no doubt have come across in abundance during the recent final few weeks of the decade, many individuals feel the need to "countdown" their Top X of Whatever for the world - and we Ogres are...
View Article2010 First Quarter Events
Ah, a new year! And as such, time to prepare exactly how, when, and where we're going to get our geek on. Luckilly, we've got plenty of geek to go around and this year has plenty of opportunities for...
View ArticleCall for Help: Video Software
As many may be aware (many = 3 people in New Zealand), we started out on the web over at youtube where we have uploaded over 100 videos and excerpts, mostly humurous asides, of our gaming sessions. The...
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Playtesters Requested
Hi all. The chapter is looking for a few individuals interested in assisting us flesh out our augmented D20 System for use in D&D 3.5 Superhero games: Super or Sinister. The concept is fairly...
View ArticleNominated?
Wow. This blog had a couple of posts nominated to be included in the Open Game Table Vol. II - a collection of significant blog posts that are bound together to make a great read. Take it from us, a...
View ArticleWisconsin Prisons claim D&D promotes gang-related activity.
In a seemingly throw-back to the anti-D&D 1980s, the Wisconsin Prison System removed Dungeon & Dragons books from an inmate's cell, claiming that the material presented within them "promoted...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Boston Herald
Recently, a journalist posted this article on their website, discussing the already-disproven link between RPGs and crime (though they conveniently leave out the disproven part). The following was an...
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New Ogres, New Chapter, and Egypt Wars
You may have noticed that we haven't uploaded much to Ye Olde Blog in the past few weeks. Well, here is our excuse - and it's a good one: our blogger just had a baby. Well, he didn't have it, his wife...
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Preparing for OMGcon, RPG Myths Panel
After shutting up for the entire month of April, we've decided to annoy you again! So, you, well, you just sit there and take it. We've had a great deal of fun recently, from local conventions to...
View ArticleA Brief Introduction
Hey guys! Its Davo here, your new OGRE Editor-in-Chief, just checking in. We've got a lot of upcoming changes here around the OGRE Lair, so keep an eye out for what is to come!As a quick introduction,...
View ArticleMiddle TN State University's Psychological Gaming Survey
A student at MTSU is currently conducting a survey among both tabletop gamers and console/computer gamers. The goal is to highlight and quantify the benefits of social interaction and development that...
View ArticleT-Minus 48 Hours until OMGcon!!!!!!
We can't wait to see you all out at this weekend's OMGcon. In it's fifth year, Paducah's annual anime and gaming convention is set to be even bigger! Members from many chapters, including the Sic City...
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Camp Oggie: A Weekend Gaming Campout Extravangza
If you're a lurker on some of the other O.G.R.E.s websites, you may have heard that we're gearing up for our yearly party: CAMP OGGIE! The weekend camp out of open gaming will take place October 22nd...
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In Memory Of...Gygax Patches on Sale, Partial Proceeds to Memorial Fund
Hello everyone! We've teamed up with our patch provider - ALittleCrafty.com, to make a couple of the patches we wear available to the public. They are of course, our "In Memory Of..." patches for both...
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